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Getting Married at Holy Trinity Church, East Melbourne

We are delighted that you are considering getting married at Holy Trinity Church. The church will provide a beautiful setting for this very important occasion in your life. The decisions, promises and commitment you will make will be binding upon you for life, and in coming to the church for marriage, you are asking God to be part of your marriage. Be assured of the church’s prayers for you as you make your preparations. As part of those preparations we invite you to join us regularly for worship. You are most welcome at our services 10am each Sunday.

Relationship Enrichment
The Diocese of Melbourne recommends Prepare, a programme that enriches relationships. Prepare aims to highlight a couple’s strengths and weaknesses, and to enhance communication skills. For further information please consult the Prepare-Enrich Australia website www.prepare-enrich.com.au.

Space available

The Church seats up to 200 with comfort.

What the Church requires

At least one of you must be baptised. Baptism preparation is available where neither of you has been baptised. And of course you need to be of marriageable age and not married to anyone else!

Legal Requirements
All official and legal documentation is arranged by the vicar who will celebrate your marriage. You will need to show original birth certificates.

Fees
A deposit of $250 is required as soon as you request a date for your wedding service. Unless this deposit is paid, the time and date of your wedding is not secured.

The Parish’s wedding fees are currently being revised and are available on request. The fee is a package which includes the preparation of legal documents, the preparation of the building by the verger, and the celebrant, the Organist, the flowers and planning. There will be additional charges if you choose to have a choir, extra flowers or personalised Orders of Service for your wedding. Fees must be paid prior to your wedding. Wedding fees are reviewed annually and are subject to change for future years.

Next steps

If you would like to get married at Holy Trinity Church please contact the office on 03 94173341 or email us on office@holytrinitymelbourne.org.au to check whether your proposed day and time are available. You will need to make a $250 deposit by direct credit and information to do this will be supplied after the date has been confirmed as available.

You will need to make an appointment with the Vicar and sign the Notice of Intended Marriage Form 13 and start to plan the service with the Vicar who can give suggestions about readings and music and can also advise you on the parish’s policy relating to photography and video-recording.  The earliest date that you can lodge Form 13, is 18 months before the wedding date, although we are happy for you to book and secure a date up to 2 years in advance.

wedding

Closer to your wedding, we will meet to discuss your order of service. Click here to download a template order of service booklet.  Note this is a full service version, you are not required to give this version to guests; this version is for the Vicar.  This has been designed to print at correct size onto A4.

Once you have finished, send your order of service to the Vicar for approval then you’re ready to finalise and print it for your big day.

In the weeks leading up to your wedding, we organise a full rehearsal with you and your bridal party.  This helps everyone know what to expect on the day of the wedding.

After your wedding day

On the day you will be given a commemorative Marriage Certificate.  Note this is not your official marriage certificate, to change your name you will need to obtain an official Marriage Certificate from Births, Deaths and Marriages after your marriage has taken place.


Did you know we keep a record of marriages dating back to 1871?

Holy Trinity keeps an archive of all marriage certificates.  The fee for retrieval is $20 and can be sent to you in the following formats:

  • photocopied and sent by return mail or
  • in electronic format via email.

Please note that records from 1882 are missing and 1887 incomplete.